U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Bartlett, a radio operator with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security during a patrol in the Nawa district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Aug. 13, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counter insurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hodys, a communication technician with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security during a patrol in the Nawa district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Aug. 13, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counter insurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a security patrol through the Nawa district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Aug. 10, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counter insurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. DoD photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

Afghan National Army Capt. Saki Dadd (left), Governor of the Nawa district Abdul Manaf (center) and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William McCollough talk over dinner during a key leader engagement at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2009. McCollough is from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)